Blackfield

About Blackfield

In 2000, Aviv invited Porcupine Tree to play in Israel. This led to a meeting with Steven Wilson (the frontman of Porcupine Tree) which then led to the recording of a song. The two were so happy with the song and each other that they arranged to record an EP in 2001. However, both the artists and the record label agreed that the material was so good that they should expand it into a full album. So over 18 months, in between commitments to their own projects, they found time to record more tracks in London and Tel Aviv. By the end of 2003, Blackfield was finished.

Some of the tracks were old songs by Aviv that had been successful in Israel, but both artists felt that they should be exposed to a much wider audience by rerecording them in English.

The band’s second full-length album, entitled Blackfield II, was released three years later.